Having had the time to digest all of the replies I received I'd like to
thank all of the list members for their advice and assistance. Two things
are now clear to me - there don't appear to be any NSP players in my
immediate area, although it's entirely possible that there are one or two
closet pla
Regarding D sets:
While they are not the most easy and practical concert-pitch
instruments, they do have their uses. D sets will blend with voice
much better than F or G sets, and a D set in a band will blend in
rather than stand out in front, as a G set will do. I've used a D se
---Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
Behalf Of Bill Telfer
Sent: 15 August 2009 11:39
To: 'Matt Seattle'; 'Gordon Brown'
Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: Looking for other NSP players in Suffolk or East
Anglia
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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf
Of Matt Seattle
Sent: 12 August 2009 14:58
To: Gordon Brown
Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: Looking for other NSP players in Suffolk or East Anglia
As a non-NSP player who does however
play regu
In response to Matt Seattle's message - I have had some possibly
relevant experience of playing chanters in D, F, and G. I "discovered"
NSP for the first time a few years ago by rescuing a very old (?1970s)
and rather dilapidated secondhand 11-key Burleigh D set from a local
music showroom, ge
attle
Subject: [NSP] Re: Looking for other NSP players in Suffolk or East
Anglia
To: "Gordon Brown"
Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Wednesday, 12 August, 2009, 2:57 PM
As a non-NSP player who does however
play regularly with NSP players I would caution that
ame bit of brain twice?
John
-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
Matt Seattle
Sent: 12 August 2009 14:58
To: Gordon Brown
Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: Looking for other NSP players in Suffolk or East Anglia
: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
Behalf Of Matt Seattle
Sent: 12 August 2009 14:58
To: Gordon Brown
Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: Looking for other NSP players in Suffolk or East
Anglia
As a non-NSP player who does however
play regularly with NSP
As a non-NSP player who does however
play regularly with NSP players I would caution that a concert D set is
NOT the obvious choice if you are playing with other instruments whose
main keys are G and D. In terms of the range and key of many trad
tunes played on other instruments wi
Many thanks to all who replied, I've given this lots of thought! I really am
set on a concert D set of pipes as my primary aim is to play with the many
melodeon players that I know and this rather fixes me in D, especially for
the majority of the tunes I already play. I am also determined to sing w
On 8 Aug 2009, Gordon Brown wrote:
> My name is Alison
> Brown and I live near Ipswich in Suffolk. I play autoharp, penny
> whistle, recorder, and I also sing. My husband Gordon .
> introduced me to the Northumbrian Smallpipes some time ago
>I've
> decided to go for a concert pitch D set,
> Wh
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